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The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on February 9, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Rust Foundation - Hello World
  rust
  Comments
• soju: A user-friendly IRC bouncer
  networking
  Comments
• an atonement of nano
  programming
  Comments
• Accused murderer wins right to check source code of DNA testing kit used by police
  law
  Comments
• Dependency on rust removes support for a number of platforms · Issue #5771 · pyca/cryptography
  python rust
  Comments
• Intermittent 503s on Cloudflare's Free Plan
  networking security web
  Comments
• FOSDEM 2021 was the best online event ever
  event
  Comments
• AMD reportedly developing ARM silicon chip
  hardware
  Comments
• What are you doing this week?
  ask programming
  Comments
• fzf - the basics part 2 - search results
  unix
  Comments
• Debian 10.8 released
  linux release
  Comments
• Penpot is an open-source solution for design and prototyping
  design web
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on February 8, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Please add a `nix` tag
  meta
  Comments
• Making Sense of The Audio Stack On Unix
  unix
  Comments
• The /bin/true Command and Copyright
  historical unix
  Comments
• Configuring Neovim using Lua
  lua vim
  Comments
• FreeBSD 13.0-BETA1 Now Available
  freebsd release
  Comments
• Shithub: Public git hosting on 9front
  show vcs
  Comments
• Inline caching: quickening
  c performance plt
  Comments
• Haiku activity report - January 2021
  osdev
  Comments
• Intel benchmarks say Apple's M1 isn't faster: Reality checked claims
  hardware mac performance
  Comments
• Snowflake retros
  practices
  Comments
• cisco/systemf
  api c linux
  Comments
• Unleashing Sum Types in Pure C99
  c
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on February 7, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Is abstraction killing civilization?
  plt
  Comments
• ARCHITECTURE.md
  practices
  Comments
• On the Missed Opportunities of Static Types
  go
  Comments
• My Automagic NixOS Wireguard Setup
  devops
  Comments
• creativity
  art programming
  Comments
• Is license compatibility a partial order?
  compsci law math practices
  Comments
• GHC 9.0 Reading Guide
  pdf haskell
  Comments
• Setting up a Signal Proxy using FreeBSD
  freebsd security
  Comments
• ditaa: DIagrams Through Ascii Art
  art programming
  Comments
• Folds are constructor substitution
  haskell
  Comments
• A one-bit processor explained: reverse-engineering the vintage MC14500B
  hardware historical
  Comments
• Awesome Quantified Self
  practices visualization
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on February 6, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• In the future, even your RAM will have firmware; and the subject of POWER10 blobs
  hardware security
  Comments
• Disqus, the dark commenting system
  privacy
  Comments
• Rethinking Sanakirja, a Rust database engine with fast clones
  databases rust
  Comments
• Web Browser Engineering
  web
  Comments
• My Staff Software Engineering Reading List
  book
  Comments
• FOSDEM 2021 - Schedule
  event
  Comments
• GHC 9.0.1 released
  haskell
  Comments
• Homebrew 3.0.0
  release
  Comments
• A Random Job Interview Challenge In Clojure
  clojure programming
  Comments
• Penpot (Open-Source prototyping tool) v1.1.0-alpha released
  programming
  Comments
• What are you doing this weekend?
  ask programming
  Comments
• 8 bits are enough for a version number
  linux
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on February 5, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Microsoft repo installed on all Raspberry Pi's Linux OS
  hardware linux
  Comments
• Push some big numbers through your system and look for bugs
  programming
  Comments
• GHC development in 2020: My retrospective
  haskell
  Comments
• What are you writing in small languages?
  ask plt
  Comments
• Waiting for PostgreSQL 14 – SEARCH and CYCLE clauses
  databases
  Comments
• The visitor pattern is essentially the same thing as Church encoding
  haskell plt
  Comments
• Don't use functions as callbacks unless they're designed for it
  javascript
  Comments
• Native Mac APIs for Go
  go
  Comments
• Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal
  privacy
  Comments
• Benchmark comparison between C compilers for the 6502
  compilers performance
  Comments
• The computer built to last 50 years
  hardware
  Comments
• FreeBSD Remote Process Plugin on Non-x86 Architectures
  debugging freebsd
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on February 4, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• The Only M1 Benchmark That Matters
  emacs mac
  Comments
• Cold Paths
  practices
  Comments
• Is Rust a Functional Programming Language?
  rust
  Comments
• Why I Still Use RSS
  web
  Comments
• fzf - the basics part 1 - layout
  unix
  Comments
• How do you keep track of things you learn/discover everyday?
  ask programming
  Comments
• Bluetooth trackball Mark II
  hardware
  Comments
• Homebrew Python Is Not For You
  mac python
  Comments
• Drawbacks of developing in containers
  rant
  Comments
• Four books professional developers should read (and a few you don't need to)
  book
  Comments
• What's new in PHP 8.1
  php
  Comments
• Exploiting the Nespresso smart cards for fun and coffee
  reversing security
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on February 3, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Think Twice Before Abandoning Xorg - Wayland Breaks Everything
  freebsd illumos linux netbsd openbsd rant
  Comments
• Go 1.16 will make system calls through libc on OpenBSD
  go openbsd
  Comments
• RISC-V isn't as interesting as you think
  assembly rant
  Comments
• Emacs: from catching up to getting ahead
  emacs
  Comments
• A Modern Compiler for the French Tax Code
  pdf compilers
  Comments
• UUID Primary Key in Elixir Phoenix with PostgreSQL and Ecto
  databases elixir web
  Comments
• Recover Bricked SSD with JTAG
  hardware reversing
  Comments
• Is a Git Repository a Blockchain? (2016)
  distributed vcs
  Comments
• Use Mac APIs and build Mac apps with Go
  go mac
  Comments
• What are X-macros?
  c c++
  Comments
• Generating Text With Markov Chains
  programming python
  Comments
• Simple and Secure VPN in FreeBSD – Introducing WireGuard
  freebsd networking
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on February 2, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• What are you self hosting? (2021)
  ask practices
  Comments
• The Unexpected Find That Freed 20GB of Unused Index Space in PostgreSQL
  databases performance
  Comments
• Do less and do it better
  philosophy
  Comments
• Will Windows become Open Source?
  windows
  Comments
• Introducing flox - Nix for simplicity and scale
  devops linux
  Comments
• The reshaped Mac experience
  mac rant
  Comments
• I couldn't find any "image to textual line art" programs, so I made one
  graphics
  Comments
• "Everything is an actor" implies that there is a category of actors
  compsci math rant security
  Comments
• The Cult of Best Practice
  practices
  Comments
• Null Characters: Workarounds Aren’t Good Enough
  c databases security
  Comments
• What are you doing this week?
  ask programming
  Comments
• Why You Should Never Use MongoDB (2013)
  databases
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on February 1, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• A Model for Identity in Software
  philosophy
  Comments
• RETRO: a Modern, Pragmatic Forth
  plt
  Comments
• Sequoia PGP
  security
  Comments
• Why I still Lisp (and you should too!)
  lisp
  Comments
• Nissan Gives Up Root Shell Thanks To Hacked USB Drive
  hardware linux
  Comments
• A (surprising?) question about predicate logic
  ask compsci math
  Comments
• Hammers and nails, and operator overloads
  c c++
  Comments
• Microsoft open sources database library used in Exchange and Windows
  c++ databases windows
  Comments
• How does clang 2.7 hold up in 2021?
  c performance programming
  Comments
• The Linux "copy problem"
  linux osdev performance
  Comments
• Saving Some Allocations
  rust
  Comments
• Building a personal data warehouse in Snowflake for fun and no profit
  databases visualization
  Comments

The 12 highest-rated articles on Lobsters on January 31, 2021 which have not appeared on any previous Lobsters Daily are:

• Element on Google Play Store
  distributed
  Comments
• What are your favorite Linux/Unix blogs?
  ask linux unix
  Comments
• Recursive Sans & Mono: A highly-flexible variable font
  design
  Comments
• Is Erlang a good career path?
  ask erlang
  Comments
• Grouping the tangential discussion
  meta
  Comments
• What are you doing this weekend?
  ask programming
  Comments
• Starship: Cross-Shell Prompt
  rust unix
  Comments
• The weirdest compiler bug
  debugging
  Comments
• Cory Doctorow: IP
  law
  Comments
• I built a hash identification system with popularity ratings, john & hashcat modes, and descriptions
  show python security
  Comments
• Creating my awesome Windows 10 dev setup
  windows
  Comments
• GNU Humor Collection
  culture
  Comments